HUMAN 105H - HONORS THE HUMAN STRUGGLE

    Recent Professors
    Michael C. Harnett
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    5.4Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area A3
    Description
    HUMAN 105H is an interdisciplinary, intercultural course designed to challenge students to further develop critical reading, writing, and thinking abilities through comparative study of materials from literatureandvariousdisciplines.Studentsevaluate some of the most relevant issues faced by peopleoftheUnitedStatesandothercultures throughouthistory,withemphasisonvalues and ethics. The course examines the creative impulses and destructive forces that have influenced the human struggle for order, acceptance, knowledge, understanding, self expression, power, freedom, individuality and survival. Students improve their abilities to analyze, synthesize, develop original ideas,distinguishfactfromopinionorbelief, and use logic and reason in language and thought to determine whether the solutions of the past are compatible with the problems of today and tomorrow. Writing instruction focusesonimprovingadvancedcomposition skills. The course may be team-taught. The honors course will be enhanced in one or more of the following ways: 1. Accelerated standards of reading levels, emphasizing primary sources. 2. Accelerated standards of critical thinking, including critical writing and thesis-based essay exams.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 1:55pm–3:20pm